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HOVARZ) J. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, LLINOIS, SSIGNR T0 HUNT, HELM, FERRIS 8c COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CDIRFlR/ATION OF ILLNOIS.

STALL CONSTRUCTEUR'.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. EU8, i915.

Application med April 6, 1915. Serial''o. 33,483.

T 0 all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that l, HOWARD J. Fnnnis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of ll/fcHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful ,improvement in Stall Construction, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stall construction, and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation, showing my improved construction attached to a curb; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 of Fig. `l Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line y3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a' section on the line l of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a series of stalls embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is a curb. Under ordinary conditions these curbs are about six inches wide and of equal. height and are built of concrete in the barn in which the stalls are to be located. lt has heretofore been the practice to secure these stalls thereto by anchors set in the curb, during the building thereof. The setting of these anchors has involved nice positioning in the masonry, the use of carefully pre pared templets, and in addition has required that the entire stall arrangement be carefully planned for in advance of the preforming of vthe concrete work in the barn. My present arrangement is designed to obviate these difficulties.

6 is the frame which forms the front of the stall, its vertical bars having secured to their lower ends castings 7 with outwardly projecting ears 8. Two curb-engaging members 9 are provided, each right-angled in form and each preferably provided with an in'turned lower end or tip 10. The two curb-engaging members 9 oppose each other7 and are secured together by bolts 11 passed through from opposite sides and lying above the plane of the curb. The upper parts of the curb-engaging members 9 are perforated to receive bolts l2, which engage the ears on the castings 7 The structure can be very simply erected without any pre-arrangement whatever of the curb. The curb-engaging members are adjusted to the desired positions, smallnotches to receive'thev inwardly-turned tips l0 thereon being chipped in the face of the curb, and 'the bolts l1 are tightened up. This affords a firm and satisfactory anchor to which the vertical members of the stall frame can be readily attached. in this manner it is possible to erect the stalls upon a plain curb without paying any attention to the arrangement of anchors therein.

It is manifest that the notches, which the tips l0 of the curb-engaging members 9 enter, could be formed in the irst instance in the form of long grooves when the curb is being erected. lt is also perfectly evident that thesev notches might be omitted entirely, the tips l() being omitted and the grip of the curb-engaging members on the flat surfaces of the curb being relied upon to hold the stalls in position. Since the ordinary stall is very heavy, and since the cow occupying the stall cannot, under normal conditions, exert any elevating force upon it, it is not believed that the stall needs to be firmly anchored against elevation.

The present structure peculiarly facilitates the erection of stalls in series as they are invariably erected in the modern barns. Not only does it provide for the interchange of stall units of different sizes, and for their ready adjustment along the curb, but it renders unnecessary the most laborious part of the concrete work which has been required by former practice, that of spacing and embedding the stall anchoring devices in the concrete curb.A This spacing and positioning of the anchors has become increasingly diflicult with the increase in the size of barns because any errors in spacing the individual anchors are multiplied by the number of stalls in the series, and a degree of accuracy of anchor spacing suflicient where but few stalls 4were employed will entirely prevent thel erection of the terminal stalls in a long series. Furthermore, a considerable practical advantage is attained by making it possible to build the curb and finish all the concrete work before the arrival of the stall parts from the factory, there being no embedded parts in the curb. While it might appear at first glance that the present clamping mechanism is more expensive than that heretofore common, it is found in practice that the relatively high cost of the adjustable clamps here shown is entirely offset by the saving in anchors and templets which it was Aformerly necessary for the factory to supply, so that the saving of time by the contractor in the installation is net saving.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto, except as pointed out in the following claims, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination in barn equipment, of the stall frame members of a series of. stalls, a curb of a length equal to that of the series, each of said frame members having at its lower end curb-engaging devices embracing the upper portion of the curb, whereby the stall frame members can be readily adjusted to various positions along the length thereof.V

2. The combination in barn equipment, of the stall frame members of a series of stalls, a curb of a length equal to that of the series,

and frame-.supporting means lying above` the curb and extending downwardly on the front and rear thereof and supporting the stall frame members, whereby the stall frame members can be readily adjusted to various positions along the length thereof.

3. The combination in barn equipment, of

the stall frame members of a series of stalls, a curb of a length equal to that of the series, and frame supporting devices, each comprising two relatively movable parts extending downward on opposite faces of the curb7 and means forforcibly drawing said parts together against the curb, said frame-supporting devices engaging and supporting the stall frame members, whereby the stall frame members can be readily adjusted to various positions along the length thereof.

4. The combination in barn equipment, of the stall frame members of a seriesl of stalls7 a curb of a length equal to that of the series, stall frame supporting devicesA each consisting of two parts on opposite sides of the curb, each part provided with a projection entering a depression in a corresponding face of the curb, and means for drawing said parts together, said framesupporting devices being attached to the stall frame'members to support the same, whereby the stall frame members can be readily adjusted to various positions along the length thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand this 2nd day of April, A. D.

HOWARD J. FERRIS. In presence of two subscribing witnesses:

CHAs. A. MINoT, LEO HAMILTON. 

